CVE-2004-0891

N/A Unknown
Published: January 27, 2005 Modified: April 16, 2026
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Description

Buffer overflow in the MSN protocol handler for gaim 0.79 to 1.0.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via an "unexpected sequence of MSNSLP messages" that results in an unbounded copy operation that writes to the wrong buffer.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://gaim.sourceforge.net/security/?id=9
Source: cve@mitre.org
Vendor Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-604.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
Vendor Advisory
http://gaim.sourceforge.net/security/?id=9
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200410-23.xml
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-604.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.fedora.us/show_bug.cgi?id=2188
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17786
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17787
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17790
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-8-1/
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

18 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
5.4%
90th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Affected Vendors

rob_flynn slackware ubuntu gentoo